# Chamberlin Studio

> Independent web design studio (formerly Chamberlin Design) in Harbor Springs, Michigan, founded by David Chamberlin. Fully custom websites, e-commerce, apps, AI tools, branding and marketing for businesses across Northern Michigan and nationwide. A Chamberlin Enterprises company.

## Services
- Custom marketing websites and web apps (built on Next.js), hosted by us or installed on your hosting
- Custom e-commerce: online stores built from scratch around the client's products
- AI automations and AI tools: lead routing, follow-ups, chat assistants and custom tools
- Landing pages, branding, graphic design, hosting, and ongoing support
- Marketing campaigns and social media campaigns
- Monthly analytics reviews with each client to find their next growth opportunity
- Custom builds: backends, databases, automations, CRM and API integrations

## Pricing
- Minimum project: $2,000
- Small Business website: $4,000 to $6,000 setup, $199/mo hosting and care
- Growing Business website: $6,000 to $10,000 setup, $199 to $299/mo hosting and care
- Enterprise: request a quote, scoped per project
- Hourly work outside a plan: $85/hour, $50 minimum
- Setup is one time; hosting and care covers hosting, monitoring, security and small edits
- Typical timeline: 7 to 21 days; rush options available, estimated once the project is scoped

## Key pages
- [Custom websites](https://chamberlin.studio/services/websites)
- [Pricing](https://chamberlin.studio/pricing)
- [Northern Michigan web design](https://chamberlin.studio/northern-michigan-web-design): Harbor Springs, Petoskey, Charlevoix, Traverse City, Gaylord and surrounding areas

## Services
- [SEO and AI search](https://chamberlin.studio/services/seo-ai-search): AI assistants mostly recommend businesses they can find in the big search indexes, so AI search starts with SEO done right: a fast site search engines can crawl, a clear page for each service and question, structured data, a Google Business Profile and consistent listings. On top of that I let the AI search crawlers in, add an llms.txt file, and write pages that answer real customer questions with real numbers.
- [Custom web apps](https://chamberlin.studio/services/web-apps): A custom web app is software your customers or your team use in the browser: an online sign-up with an address check, a member area with a video library, an admin dashboard, a booking flow or a client portal. I build them on Next.js and Supabase. JMT Sanitation's sign-up system and Fixed Ops Roundtable's video and member platform are both custom builds. Apps are quoted per project.
- [Hosting and maintenance](https://chamberlin.studio/services/website-hosting-maintenance): Website hosting and maintenance at Chamberlin Studio is $199 a month for most sites, or $199 to $299 for larger ones. It covers hosting, monitoring, security and your small edits, and most small edits come back within 24 hours. Changes outside the plan are $85 an hour with a $50 minimum. Prefer no monthly plan? A clean upfront build installed on your own hosting works too.
- [Website redesign](https://chamberlin.studio/services/website-redesign): A website redesign at Chamberlin Studio is a full custom rebuild, not a new theme on the old site. Most redesigns fit the Small Business package at $4,000 to $6,000, take 7 to 21 days, and keep your search history by redirecting every old URL to its new home. Spiritual Wings Coaching was rebuilt and live in one day.

## Industries
- [Coaches and speakers](https://chamberlin.studio/industries/coaches-speakers): A coach or speaker website has one job: get the next conversation booked. Lead with your story, say who you help, and put the booking step one tap away on every page. Spiritual Wings Coaching was rebuilt and live in one day. Spiritual Wings Motivation, a speaker site with a full booking request on the page, was built in three days. Sites like these start at $4,000 to $6,000 setup plus $199 a month.
- [Events and associations](https://chamberlin.studio/industries/events-associations): An association or event website should give members one home for events, video and news, and let your own team publish without a developer. Fixed Ops Roundtable went from a single page that linked out to Eventbrite to a platform with a 24/7 channel, more than 1,700 videos, event pages and free member accounts. It went from signed to live in 21 days, ten days before their biggest event of the year.
- [Property management](https://chamberlin.studio/industries/property-management): A property management website needs three things: a clear list of what you take care of, proof that a real local owner answers, and a request form that reaches you right away. Cornerstone Property Management's site does all three. Every request emails the owner and confirms with the customer, and the site scores 99.25 out of 100 on Google Lighthouse. A site like it starts at $4,000 to $6,000 setup plus $199 a month.
- [Waste and sanitation](https://chamberlin.studio/industries/waste-sanitation): A website for a waste company should answer one question fast: do you pick up at my address? JMT Sanitation's site does it with an address check that puts the sign-up form right on the result. New customers went from about 20 a week to 60, and homes on the route went from under 600 to 900 in a single month.

## Guides
- [Website timelines](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/how-long-does-a-website-take): A small business website usually takes 2 to 3 weeks from a signed agreement to launch. At Chamberlin Studio most sites go live in 7 to 21 days: about two days to build the first version, then a few rounds of revisions. Spiritual Wings Coaching was rebuilt and live in one day, and Fixed Ops Roundtable, a full platform, went from signed to live in 21 days.
- [Questions to ask a web designer](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/questions-to-ask-a-web-designer): Before you hire a web designer, ask what it costs upfront and every month, how long until launch, who you will work with, whether you can see a demo first, who owns the site and domain, how people will find it on Google and in AI search, and what happens if you leave. Good answers are specific numbers and live examples, in writing.
- [Show up in AI search](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/show-up-in-ai-search): AI assistants recommend businesses they can find and trust in the search indexes they read: Google, Bing, Brave and their own crawlers. To show up, get your site indexed in Google and Bing, allow AI search crawlers like OAI-SearchBot and Claude-SearchBot, keep a complete Google Business Profile and consistent listings, and publish pages that answer real customer questions with specific facts. Reviews and mentions on other sites matter too.
- [Website cost](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/website-cost): In 2026 a small business website costs anywhere from about $200 a year on a do-it-yourself builder to $10,000 or more for a custom build. At Chamberlin Studio, custom sites run $4,000 to $6,000 for a small business and $6,000 to $10,000 for a growing one, plus $199 to $299 a month for hosting and care. The minimum project is $2,000.
- [Not showing on Google](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/website-not-showing-on-google): Most of the time a website does not show up on Google because Google has not indexed it yet, something is blocking it, or there is no page that matches what people search. Check with a site:yourdomain.com search, verify the site in Google Search Console, submit a sitemap and request indexing. To show up in Google Maps, you also need a verified Google Business Profile.
- [Who owns your website](https://chamberlin.studio/guides/who-owns-my-website): You should own three things outright: your domain, your content and data, and the finished website. At Chamberlin Studio, once the build fee is paid in full you own the final delivered website, and any reusable code we bring is licensed to you forever, royalty-free. If you ever leave, you get your content, your data and a source code handover. Whoever builds your site, register the domain in your own name.

## Compare
- [AI builder vs web designer](https://chamberlin.studio/compare/ai-website-builder-vs-web-designer): Use an AI website builder if you need a simple page fast and are happy editing it yourself. Hire a web designer when the site has a job to do: bringing in leads, taking bookings, answering service-area questions or ranking on Google. AI tools draft pages quickly, but they do not know your customers, your market or your numbers, and someone still has to make the site fast, accessible, findable and correct.
- [Custom vs Wix and Squarespace](https://chamberlin.studio/compare/custom-website-vs-wix-squarespace): Wix and Squarespace cost about $17 to $160 a month and are the right pick for a brand-new business on a tight budget that wants to build the site itself. A custom website costs more upfront, $4,000 to $6,000 at Chamberlin Studio for a small business plus $199 a month, and pays off when the site has a job to do: sign people up, take bookings, answer service-area questions or load fast enough to compete on Google.
## Case studies
- [Fixed Ops Roundtable](https://chamberlin.studio/work/fixedops-roundtable): enterprise build, signed to live in 21 days
- [JMT Sanitation](https://chamberlin.studio/work/jmt-sanitation): custom site and inquiry funnel, 20 to 60 new customers a week
- [Cornerstone Property Management](https://chamberlin.studio/work/cornerstone-property-management): owner-run home care site with a request form that emails the owner and the customer
- [Spiritual Wings Coaching](https://chamberlin.studio/work/spiritual-wings-coaching): faith-driven coaching site for J. Lewis, rebuilt and live in one day
- [Spiritual Wings Motivation](https://chamberlin.studio/work/spiritual-wings-motivation): speaker site for J. Lewis with booking built in, built in three days
- [Personal Graphics](https://chamberlin.studio/work/personal-graphics): Shopify store for a custom print shop, 6,500+ products synced with suppliers, online design, team stores
- [Bay Area Clean Care](https://chamberlin.studio/work/bay-area-clean-care): restoration and cleaning site for a family business in Petoskey, with the 24/7 number up front and a two-step estimate request with photo uploads
- [In the works](https://chamberlin.studio/work/in-progress): projects being built right now, and how to add yours to the lineup

## Selected work
Fixed Ops Roundtable, JMT Sanitation, Cornerstone Property Management, J. Lewis, Spiritual Wings Coaching, Personal Graphics, Bay Area Clean Care

## Contact
- Email: david@chamberlinenterprises.com
- Phone: +1 (231) 838-1408
- Book a call: https://chamberlin.studio/book
- Website: https://chamberlin.studio